Shelby plane apparently comes under fire leaving Iraq

A military transport plane carrying U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, apparently came under fire after leaving Baghdad today, Shelby said in a conference call with reporters.

Shelby, who had spent the day in Iraq as part of an official congressional trip, said the C-130 had been in the air for about a half hour after leaving Baghdad on its way to Amman, Jordan, when he saw flares from his window.

While uncertain what they were, "we just know they were too close," he said, speaking at about 4:35 p.m. central time.